Preventing Water Damage Preventing Water Damage Dampness results more often than not from over watering house plants placed directly on the carpet. A simple solution is to raise the planter, allowing you to see under its base and allow for ventilation. In time, dampness causes mildew, discoloration and odors - or worse rots the threads and destroys the fabric. The solution to this … [Read more...]

Why Rotate My Rug? Rotating your rug frequently serves to equalize the effect of sun, traffic, and exposes the rug to more uniform traffic. Use window shades, shutters, or heavy curtains on bright days, to reduce the impact and minimize the risk of sun damage to dyed fabrics used in high end traditional rugs. Quite often faded areas are concealed by normal traffic soiling and will not … [Read more...]

If your rug sustains physical damage such as cuts and burns, or it is starting to wear through the middle - the damage should be dealt with as soon as possible. These types of lesions can worsen very quickly. Even in ordinary use the ends and sides often tend to wear and fray in which case the parts should be overcast. Our master weavers can restore these areas, hand knotting the wool to … [Read more...]

If your rug must be stored for more than a few months it should be thoroughly cleaned, mothproofed, and wrapped in tough protective synthetic paper like "Tyvek"® building paper. The best way to store rugs is to keep them rolled. Obviously, if you fold a rug for a long period of time creases will form. This results in the foundation of the rug weakening from the pressure being exerted along a … [Read more...]

Kaoud Oriental Rugs is your best choice when your rugs need cleaning, repair, or reweaving. Unlike so many others we clean and repair each rug by hand even when the rugs were not originally purchased here. Contact Us About Cleaning,   With over three generations of unsurpassed rug care and restoration service behind us, Kaoud Oriental Rugs will treat each rug you bring to us with … [Read more...]

Vacuuming Area Rugs - Your high end hand-knotted rugs have a natural nap. You want to try to avoid vacuuming against the nap (the direction of the nap can easily be determined by running the hand across the pile from fringe to fringe). Vacuuming against the nap also presses dirt back into the rug. Never vacuum the rugs fringes. The continued catching of the fringe … [Read more...]

Avoiding Moth Damage Every home, no matter how clean, is susceptible to the ravages of moths. Moths and their larvae thrive in dark undisturbed areas where your rug may get little traffic. Moth damage is best kept at bay by frequent handling and regular exposure to light and air. When vacuuming, move furniture regularly and get areas normally concealed by furniture. An infestation … [Read more...]

Moth & Water Damage - Proper Storage - Why Rotate - Cleaning - Physical Damage Hand Knotted Rugs will survive in good condition and give remarkably long service with proper care and treatment. While preventing damage is typically of greater concern for high-end hand knotted rugs, than for their less expensive Machine Woven counterparts, all rugs containing wool face the same enemies; moths … [Read more...]